Plate-lifter.



H. P. MAGONB.

PLATE LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15,1908.

91 6, 1 75. Patented Mar 23, 1909.

HUGH P. MAGONE, OF RACE TRACK, MONTANA.

PLATE-LIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Application filed September 15, 1908. Serial No. 453,137.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH P. MAGONE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Race Track, in the county ofPowell and State of Montana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Plate- Lifters, of which the following is aspecification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings. Thisinvention relates to improvements in devices for lifting hot pie tins,plates, dishes and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and a practicaldevice of this character which will be convenient and effective in useand comparatively inexpensive of production.

With the above and other objects the invention consists of the novelfeatures of construction and the combination and arrangement of partshcreinafteefully described and claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in whichfigure 1 is a perspective view of thelifter showing it applied to a pietin or plate; 1 ig. 2 is alongitudinal sect on; and lig. 3 is a transverse section.

The lifter consists of two pivotally connected members 1 2 each of whichis provided with one or more gripping. jaws and the latter of whichcarries a handle whereby the jaws may. be readily manipulated and thedevice lifted. As illustrated themember 1 is formed from a single pieceof metal rodor.

wire by bendingthe same upon itself at its centerto form a loop shapedsto finger 3,

then bendingflthe side" ortion's- 0 this loop outwardly at right ang esor in opposite directions to provide pivot portions 4, then bending thepiece to form longitudinally curved and diverging arms 5 the extremitiesof which' are bent downwardly at right angles as shown at 6and'terminate m inwardly projecting fingers 7 which form the jaws properof the member 1. The other member 2 is angular in shapefand it is alsopreferably formed from asingle piece of heavy-wire or metal rod bybending thesame upon itself at its center to provide a hand loop 8, thencoiling the inner extremities of the side portions 80 of this hand looparound the bearing ortions dflthefmember 1' so'as to provide t e bearees9gthen bending the ends of the piece iwfute leto the hand'loop8 topro- -arms.10 and then bending the latter downwardly at right angles asshown at 11 and then inwardly to providethe jaws proper 12 of the handlemember 2. The side portions of the hand loop 8 are united by a stop memor 13 preferably in the form of a plate or strip of metal stretchedbetween said portions and having its ends wrapped around the same asshown at 14. Said stop plate or member 13 is adapted to be engaged bythe stop finger'or projection 3 to limit the closing movement of thejaws The operation of the lifter will be readily seen upon reference toFig. 1. When it is desired to lift a hot pie tin, dish, plate or thelike, the handle isgrasped in one hand and the jaws 7 are hooked underthe rim of the plate. The handle is then swung upon the pivots 4 toelevate the jaws 7 and it is then swung in the opposite direction so asto cause the jaws 12 to en age the opposite side of the rim. When thishas been done the pie tin or plate may be readily lifted and carriedand, if bot, will not burn the hands.

It will be noted that the device may lie quickly and easily engaged withand disengaged from a dish, plate or the like and that it secures aneffective grip so that there will be no danger of the article droppingfrom the lifter. It will-be still further noted that the device issimple in construction and, therefore, inexpensive to produce and strongand durable in use.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:'

A device of the characterdescribcd comprising a member formed from asingle piece of wire and having a stop loop, pivot portions anddiverging arms terminating in gripping jaws, a second member formed froma single lpiece of wire bentto provide a handle loop,

caring coils to engage said pivot portions, and spaced arms terminatingin gripping jaws, and a stop plate or strip uniting the side portions ofthe handle loop and adapted to be engaged by the stoploop of the firstmentioned member, scribed.

In testimony 'whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

I HUGH P. MAGONE. Witnesses:

S. E. LARABIE, W. E. GULLETTE.

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